Cyclist knocks over child ON THE PAVEMENT...

Cyclist knocks over child ON THE PAVEMENT...

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PoleDriver

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28,614 posts

193 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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... and then drags her for 12 feet before riding off!

Sorry about the Wail link

Not intending to be anti-cyclist, just being anti thug!

funkyrobot

18,789 posts

227 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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Idiot on a bike hits a kid on the pavement. Terrible. He should be spoken to about that.

However, how long will it be before we see the usual anti-cyclist tripe spouted on here? We all know that all cyclists ride like this. rolleyes

Grumfutock

5,274 posts

164 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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And this is why car drivers should be issued with cattle prods!

funkyrobot

18,789 posts

227 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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Grumfutock said:
And this is why car drivers should be issued with cattle prods!
To prod each other when they act stupidly?

Emeye

9,773 posts

222 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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I see cyclists riding on the pavement and through red lights almost everyday, and this isn't in London.

RizzoTheRat

25,083 posts

191 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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While it's a sorry tale and I hope she's ok, I can't help being slightly disturbed by this line

"I thought she was dead. She was hysterical, screaming at the top of her lungs."


hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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What an absolute . At least they got a good photo of him, shouldn't be long before he's outed.


grimmac

1,412 posts

109 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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The only "nice" thing in that is the "dad" going straight to pick up and comfort the little girl, rather than chase after and batter the cyclist.

funkyrobot

18,789 posts

227 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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Emeye said:
I see cyclists riding on the pavement and through red lights almost everyday, and this isn't in London.
I'm a cyclist and I think they are idiots. I regularly see them on pavements when walking with my daughter in her pram. I don't like to give them any room as they should fk off onto the road.

However, on the flip side, I'm seeing a lot of idiot motorists doing crazy overtakes of cyclists. People seem to close up behind the cyclist and skim past them, or they cross the white lines and overtake regardless of what is coming the other way. This forces traffic heading in the opposite direction to swerve.

I think we need a lot more education on handling vulnerable and slower road users.

funkyrobot

18,789 posts

227 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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RizzoTheRat said:
While it's a sorry tale and I hope she's ok, I can't help being slightly disturbed by this line

"I thought she was dead. She was hysterical, screaming at the top of her lungs."
smile

Also (and I will probably be flamed for this), why let your child run out of the gate like that? You never know what is heading down the pavement.

Not condoning what has happened at all. However, the kid could have run into the road too.

budgie smuggler

5,359 posts

158 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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hornetrider said:
What an absolute . At least they got a good photo of him, shouldn't be long before he's outed.

Is that a shared use (blue) sign in the background of that pic? Rather changes the story if it is.

Edited by budgie smuggler on Thursday 21st May 13:20

HTP99

22,441 posts

139 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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I took out a cyclist who was riding on the path last year.

I was pulling a used car off of the forecourt; along the front of the forecourt is a footpath, along the front of the footpath is the main road, I looked to my right to check for traffic and pedestrians, looked to my left for traffic and pedestrians, looked right again, it was clear and slowly started to edge out.

I heard a crunch, thought to myself "I haven't hit the sign as I moved it and it's over there so what the hell have I hit" I looked up and saw a pair of legs and a wheel go over the bonnet.

The idiot on the bike had been going a rate of knots from the left, on the path, there is also a hedge that obscures the view to the left so I just didn't see him but he shouldn't have been on the path, particularly coming from the left and going at speed.

Fortunately he was OK and he was more concerned about damage to the car; there wasn't much, just a bit of trim around the fog lamp was broken.

PoleDriver

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28,614 posts

193 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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funkyrobot said:
smile

Also (and I will probably be flamed for this), why let your child run out of the gate like that? You never know what is heading down the pavement.

Not condoning what has happened at all. However, the kid could have run into the road too.
There should be nothing heading down the pavement at speed, and she was following directly after her mother who was opening the car for her!

PoleDriver

Original Poster:

28,614 posts

193 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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grimmac said:
The only "nice" thing in that is the "dad" going straight to pick up and comfort the little girl, rather than chase after and batter the cyclist.
Luckily for the cyclist. "Dad" doesn't look like he would have left it at just giving him a bit of verbal!

hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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budgie smuggler said:
Is that a shared use (blue) sign in the background of that pic?
Actually I didn't read up to the end of the article:

A man in his 20s has since contacted police in connection with the incident and is due to be spoken to by officers tomorrow.

PC Joanna Mills of Lancashire Police said: 'There are a number of offences that will be discussed with this man - riding on pavements and dangerous cycling.


Timmy40

12,915 posts

197 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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funkyrobot said:
RizzoTheRat said:
While it's a sorry tale and I hope she's ok, I can't help being slightly disturbed by this line

"I thought she was dead. She was hysterical, screaming at the top of her lungs."
smile

Also (and I will probably be flamed for this), why let your child run out of the gate like that? You never know what is heading down the pavement.

Not condoning what has happened at all. However, the kid could have run into the road too.
If you look at the pictures the woman was getting into their car opposite the front gate, I don't think the child was going anywhere other than to the car door to get into it.

You should be able to be fairly sure that vehicles will not be heading down the pavement at speed!

Emeye

9,773 posts

222 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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funkyrobot said:
Emeye said:
I see cyclists riding on the pavement and through red lights almost everyday, and this isn't in London.
I'm a cyclist and I think they are idiots. I regularly see them on pavements when walking with my daughter in her pram. I don't like to give them any room as they should fk off onto the road.

However, on the flip side, I'm seeing a lot of idiot motorists doing crazy overtakes of cyclists. People seem to close up behind the cyclist and skim past them, or they cross the white lines and overtake regardless of what is coming the other way. This forces traffic heading in the opposite direction to swerve.

I think we need a lot more education on handling vulnerable and slower road users.
I think the problem is that people, in general, are stupid and selfish.

MysteryLemon

4,968 posts

190 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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Ride on the road, get run over and abused by cars. Ride on the pavement, run over children and get abused by parents.

Can't win really.

Timmy40

12,915 posts

197 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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MysteryLemon said:
Ride on the road, get run over and abused by cars. Ride on the pavement, run over children and get abused by parents.

Can't win really.
rolleyes spot the victim complex.

TankRizzo

7,246 posts

192 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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budgie smuggler said:
Is that a shared use (blue) sign in the background of that pic? Rather changes the story if it is.

Edited by budgie smuggler on Thursday 21st May 13:20
Looks like that's the start of the shared use lane, so he was breaking the law.